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CVE-2010-0250

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 31.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX, as used in the AVI Filter on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, and in Quartz on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted length field in an unspecified video stream, which is not properly handled by the RLE video decompressor, aka "DirectShow Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/38511
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074167
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509472/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38112
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-015/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-013
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8064
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38511
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074167
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509472/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38112

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